Richard & Stephanie Sipe

Thanks to the release of WordPress 2.1 I was able to redesign the Home Page of RichAndStephSipe.com to make it more user friendly. I blog about a variety of topics including technology topics, my log furniture business, and miscellaneous other topics and it was confusing to most people to see all the posts grouped together. This new look sports a bunch of really cool features and will continue to get better as I have time to update it.

Some new features include:
1) Links to my Blog topics on the right hand navigation bar. This way you can easily find topics without having to wade through posts about things you don’t understand or care about.
2) Links to all posts from the previous 9 months on the right hand navigation bar. If you somehow actually read my blog and remember when I posted something you can find it this way.
3) Probably my favorite feature, 9 randomly selected pictures from our picture gallery. Each time you view this page the code randomly selects a gallery and then a picture from it. Frequently, I will refresh this page many times just to see all the pictures I have forgotten about and take a walk down memory lane. If you would like to post pictures in our gallery let me know because I can easily set that up. Carmen even posted pictures from New Zealand at an Internet Cafe!
4) My second favorite feature is the 5 most recent pictures from the 4 most recent galleries. Now with a quick glance you can see if new galleries have been posted! I still need to work on this feature but even in its current state it is awesome.
5) The posts in the body of the home page are now the most recent ones from the Sipe Family News category which includes information and news from our family.

If there is something I have missed here, let me know and I will try to build it into future versions. As always, check back often to see what new is going on out here in Washington State.